Change I can believe in...
By
Bill Z Bubba,
Posted on: 2009-07-28 07:21 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
Well, Swineherds *are* overpowered. Everybody know that. *eye roll*
Swineherds are no more overpowered than a well played winemaker.
That blue thing running around saying "Cookies are sometimes food" is Praetorian Cookie Monster!
Shoot on sight, please.
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None have the power of my Disco Bandit. Fear my Moxie.
Be well, people of CoH.
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NO U! 
JJ
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STOP COPYING ME! MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
So even this is old news, I have to give props to the dev team for breaking the mold of traditional MMO mentality in regards to "new difficulty settings in I16".
Frankly I don't think I've ever seen an approach like this in all MMOs I have played. Let's imagine a "standard" MMO, called, say Village of Awesomecraft(tm)...
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Mr. Moptastic, L535 Janitor:Hey guys! I just soloed Krod Mandoon the overboss! The one intended for the group of 25! Proof!
An Al-ytic, L530 Janitor: Hey, it IS possible! Especially if you use the Lightning Mop technique while wearing the Overalls of Holy Scrubbing! I soloed Dirk Diggler the overboss using this trick, and got his [DIRK] as a trophy! Woot, new weapon!
Choppy McPorkins, L540 Butcher: HAX! No way a Janitor should be able to tank either Krod or Dirk! Everyone knows that Janitors are a support class! Butchers are a tank class! IMBA!!!!
G'oat-Boi, L535 Swineherd: That's BS! Swineherds are the DPS class! R u tellin me that a Janitor out-tanked a Butcher and out-DPSed a Swineherd? IM CANCELLIN MY SUB UNTIL THIS IS FIXT!!
Playerbase: Janitors are FOTM and OP!
Hand of God, Developer: Patch notes 07/28/09: Janitors can no longer use the Lightning Mop technique while wearing the Overalls of Holy Scrubbing. Janitor DPS lowered. Swineherd DPS raised.
Mr. Moptastic, L535 Janitor: NOOOOOOO!!!
An Al-ytic, L530 Janitor: Screw this, I'm rolling a Swineherd.
Playerbase: Swineherds are FOTM and OP!
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You get the point... every MMO I played before CoX inevitably got caught in the nerf-adjust-fix-nerf-adjust-fix cycle. It's pretty damn refreshing to see the devs throwing a possibility of bigger challenge to the "top of the line" characters instead of taking away and diminishing powers.